End-gate fastener.



H. w. MAY.

END GATE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYBI. 19H.

1,257,625. y Patented Feb.26,1918;

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. MAY, 0F HENRY, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE FASTENER.

Application filed May 31, 1917.

Z 'o all 'whom t may concern Be it known. that I, HENRY W. MAY, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Henry, in the county of Marshall and State of Illinois, have invented` new and useful Improvements in End-Gate Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesvto improvements in end-gate fastening devices and the principal object, is a device which may be readily applied to Wagons as an attachment, and also may be furnished as a permanent part of the wagon, and which will securely lock and fasten the end-gate against movement in any direction, but which may also be readH ily unlocked to permit the removal of the cnd-gate for loading and unloading the wagon.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafterl appear, my invention consists in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and `vthen sought to be dened in thev appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, and which shows merely for the purpose of illustrative disclosure, two preferred embodiments of my invention, it being understood that various changes may be made in practice within the scope of the claims without digressing from my inventive` idea.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 represents a rear end elevation of a lportion of a wagon, with one form of my invention -applied thereto Fig. 2. is a horizontalcross-section taken online 2 2 of Fig. l, the parts beingv shown cndan enlarged scale, to facilitate disclosure;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a slightly diiferent. form ofi 'device embodying my invention.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view cfa detail.

Referrin now to the drawings, and particularly Fig, 1, the numeral 1 designates the wheels mounted on the axle 2 on which the usual wagon body 3 is supported, having the sides 4 and the end-gate 5 of usual construction. Mounted on the inside of the sides 4 near the rear end thereof, are the cleats 6 and 7 which are spaced apart to receive the end-gate 5, as is customary. Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, perticularly the numeral 8 designates the casing member which is of sheet metal of suitable Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

Serial No. 171,843.

cl'iaracter, and is arranged to embrace the end of the side member 4 and the end cleat (5, and forms a. housing for the socket 9 which is provided within the end-portion of the side member 4. This socket vis for the purpose of receiving one portion 10 of the substantially Ushaped locking element 11, having the curved handle portion 12, to facilitate operation, and having the locking portion or element 13. Embracing the part of the U-shaped member 11 within the Isocket, is the coil spring 14, bearing against the Washer 15, at one end, and the washer 16 at the other end. Due to this construction, the locking member may be withdrawn to the dotted line position, and when released, will be moved to its locking position, due to the pressure of the spring. The locking portion or element 13 is arranged to pass through the apertures 17, in the square heads 18 of the bolts 19, which pass from the inside of the cleats 6 and 7 to the outside of the side member 4, and are provided with the nuts 2O for securing the housing on the wagon body. This housing-8 is provided with the square aperture 21 to receive the square head 18 of the bolt and prevent it from turning.

The supporting plate 21 is similarly pro vided with the square aperture 22 to receive the square head of the other bolt. The end gate is preferably'provided on each side at its ends with the plate members 23 and has the aperture 24 extending therethrough'in line with the aperture 17 -in the square heads of the bolts, so that when the end-gate is in closed position, the locking element will readily pass through the alined openings.

Attention is directed to the fact that the first square headed bolt is provided with the socket 25' adjacent its aperture to receive the end of the locking element to hold it in open or unlocked-position, so that the operator,`

after releasing the locking means, can lift the end-gate.

end-gate against removal, and which may be rcadlly applied in use.

That I claim is:-

1. In combination, with a Wagon body l'iavng a side membei` and spaced cleats and an end-gate adapted to be positioned betweenthe'- cleats, a fastening device therefor, including a substantially U--shnped member having one arm provided with resilient means, andA another arm' through the end-#gate toy pesition5-said? resilient means normally holding;4 the fastening, deviceI in looked` position andl Vthe arms eff saidLII-shapedE member extendingsubstant'ially parallel to the side member`-` of the Wagon body.

2. In combination, With a Wagen body having a side memloer and spaced cleats and anV end-gate adapted to be positioned be tween the cleats, a fastening devine therefor, includingr a housing adapted to be mounted on the rear end of the Wagon body and to embrace the end' of the sidel member and the end? cleat?, a @shaped locking! member having. one arm. provided With ai resili'entI means and' the other arm serv-ing as thefrlocln;seeuringfmeans for the housing said seemingr means each being providedwith an.; aperture: adapted to receive the locking element, which' 'also passes through?. an: open,- ingfin. the endegate;

3.- A device7 ofl the character described-7 neludi-ngf in combination, a housing adapt ed'to be mounted on therearI end of the side member of' a Wagon body, a Ur-shaped: looking element mounted' in said housing andl having means for normally holding' it. in looked` pesitioni eleisnents each having an apelftnretherethrough andi adapted to' beseclnaed.A to theendi cheats 'oni the side'I member, saidsloeking threuglge sardf apertures; andi an: apenmre' in the-endteevfnr:holdingeitfinposnzinn.

4i A. owi-oeoftitefoharaeten ifneludingi ine combination, ai honsi-ngeadhpt gaita-5;: a lilslafped loeking elementi meunfted mxsaiehmusnig hareng. meansefer'normally" arranged to' passhoid= it in locked s elememibeingadhpted: tof pass holding it in locked position in said apertures, and in an aperture in the endgate. l

5. A: device of' fiile character described, including in combination, a housing adapted to be mounted on the rear end of the side member of a wagon body, securing bolts for said housing having their heads' ap'er til-red' and positioned on each side of the endgate, a' U-shaped locking element mounted in said housing having,- a; spring-f on" an armA to normally hold: it in locking position, the other army serving; as the looking' member and-being' adapted-to pass through the aperture'sin the'bolts' andan' alined aperture in the end-gate- (i. A device of the Character described inH eluding in Combination, a housing adapted to be mounted on the rear end of the side mem-'ber of a. Wagon body and to embrace the side member and rear end cleat, square headed'securing bolts for said'housing` passing` throughthe end` cleats and side member, said headsy having apertures there# through3 ay U-shapedf loelcing: element` mounted in saidf housingfha'ving a spring on an arm' to normally held it in' loekin-gsposi-tiom the other arm serving as the locking memh ber and' bein-gf adapted tofpass-'througih the apertures4 ini the bolts and air alinedV apexv ture-in the endfrate.

7. A devioefo-tlie'eharaeter deseribed in'- clad-ingV in combination', al housingr adapted' to'hemountedy onthe' rear end oftheside member of a= Wagon body andl to embrace theside member and rear end cleat, square'- headed seeuring bolts forsaid housing pass ing! through thel end' Cleats and' side rr'iember, said heads having apertures therethrough;I .a U shaped! locking: element' nfl-omitL edl infsaifdI heusingfhavingf spring on en arm to normally hold it in lelin'gpositifon, the otherarm serving as the'lfoekin ber' and' being-f adapted te'. passff throng the apertures inf the'l holte` and ans alined apercleat?` nbr-one` of,I the tiene3 sai-d5 hensingand saidV 'plate having'f fare apevturestherethrenghv tei receive' t square heads: of theV bolts and hold them against rotation. 

